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Nice report Green Beret. Thanks for posting. Sounds like a great session especially seeing Saturn and the Cassini division. Hope your next observing sessions turn out well too. You are lucky to be able to go out to a dark site. I'm keen to go out and see Saturn and also Uranus.

On Wednesday skies were indeed clear! I went for observation with a friend of mine and his son. They were interested in Astronomy and they were excited pretty much. Observing site was really really dark and our galaxy was looking fabulous up to the sky. We started at about 21:45 and finished at 00:30. We hit a lot of targetes mostly on south and west. Here is a list of what we successfully observed.

Don't know if it belongs in this topic, but a few days ago they were babbling about (much) falling stars in the Netherlands. The weather was clear but at home I didn't saw any.
Moving towards a more dark, open place had be a better option. About 15 km further someone saw like eight falling stars in one hour.

Don't know if it belongs in this topic, but a few days ago they were babbling about (much) falling stars in the Netherlands. The weather was clear but at home I didn't saw any.
Moving towards a more dark, open place had be a better option. About 15 km further someone saw like eight falling stars in one hour.

On Wednesday and Thursday there was an asteroid shower from Perseus asterism to earth. We saw about 30 of them and they were crossing a lot of distance in the atmosphere before they faint. While out in the dark and observing it was an "extra" feature to see!

Sounds like a great observing session Green Beret. You saw many things.

I'm keen to go out but it's often cloudy these days.

Do you go out alone merlin or you have company? I would never go out to any dark site alone...many things can happen these days.

Anyway here is my new binoculars to use wherever I am out in nature, even if it's night or day. I will be able to observe M31 and M33 galaxies plus all major globular and open clusters, even some nebulas. During day they are pretty good at observing sightseeing insects and birds.

Apart from one time I went with my brother I always observe alone Green Beret. You are lucky having people to go with. I know it's extremely unlikely anything bad will happen but I can't help but feel a bit scared sometimes at night. I keep hearing strange noises while I'm looking through the eyepiece! I do feel more relaxed here in Tokyo when I'm out during the night. It is a very safe city.

Nice binoculars! Zeiss have a very good reputation. I only have a cheap pair of 10x50s I bought on Amazon but plan to get a better quality pair in the future. Was thinking of maybe getting 8x42s or 8x40s since they will be lighter and easier to hold steady. The Olympus DPs-1 gets good reviews and isn't expensive.

Apart from one time I went with my brother I always observe alone Green Beret. You are lucky having people to go with. I know it's extremely unlikely anything bad will happen but I can't help but feel a bit scared sometimes at night. I keep hearing strange noises while I'm looking through the eyepiece! I do feel more relaxed here in Tokyo when I'm out during the night. It is a very safe city.

Nice binoculars! Zeiss have a very good reputation. I only have a cheap pair of 10x50s I bought on Amazon but plan to get a better quality pair in the future. Was thinking of maybe getting 8x42s or 8x40s since they will be lighter and easier to hold steady. The Olympus DPs-1 gets good reviews and isn't expensive.

I guess you are right about Tokyo, it is a safe city. Here there are a lot of farmers that don't like to see strangers after hours near their properties. I choose to go to places where these farmers are more friendly. I hear strange noises too during observations and probably they come from night creatures moving around. Nice binos are the Olympus DPS-1. I did some research and people recommend 8x40 because it is lighter and more steady. You will be able to see Andromeda Galaxy and Triangulum Galaxy. Many clusters and nebulas are visible too. Binos are good when you want to relax a little under the stars!

So impressive to see your equipment! You build it yourself, right?
I read your report, but 90% of it I don't understand haha.
But I would love to look through such a scope once in a lifetime and get some explanation about the sightings. Great you are able to move it around yourself, it really looks big.

So impressive to see your equipment! You build it yourself, right?
I read your report, but 90% of it I don't understand haha.
But I would love to look through such a scope once in a lifetime and get some explanation about the sightings. Great you are able to move it around yourself, it really looks big.

A friend of mine built it but I put some ideas too, to make life easier. It is bigger than it looks in the photos though. The sightings are fantastic and have a lot of mystery! Also it is a unique experience to observe because you go with some friends in a very dark lonely place with nobody arround and usually many miles away from civiliazation, there are no lights and you don't tun on lights except red color. You stay ther until a little before the sunrise. For me it's very exciting.

Impressive scope Green Beret. The views must be amazing through that. I've never looked through anything that size before. Enjoyed reading your observing report at Cloudy Nights. I need to take my 4'' refractor out for an observing session again. It's been a while. As I always say there's something special about seeing planets, galaxies etc. with your own eyes rather than just looking at images taken by spacecraft and Hubble.

Impressive scope Green Beret. The views must be amazing through that. I've never looked through anything that size before. Enjoyed reading your observing report at Cloudy Nights. I need to take my 4'' refractor out for an observing session again. It's been a while. As I always say there's something special about seeing planets, galaxies etc. with your own eyes rather than just looking at images taken by spacecraft and Hubble.

Thank you very much Merlin! This was the first time for me to look through a large scope too. Actually it is the largest amateur scope in Greece with the second one being 20".
Agree with you, looking with my own eyes I feel something special I don't feel looking at photos.

Good to hear you're still enjoying astronomy Green Beret. I'm still interested but haven't been out for quite a while due to being busy and also other hobbies. Planning to buy some better quality binoculars soon and get back into it.

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